"This cutting-edge text offers a particular focus on developments in digital media technologies and their implications for all aspects of the working practices of journalists and the academic field of journalism studies, as well as the structures, funding and products of the journalism industries. A
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selection of entries include the topics: Artificial intelligence; Citizen journalism; Clickbait; Drone journalism; Fake news; Hyperlocal journalism; Native advertising; News bots; Non-profit journalism; User comment threads; Viral news; WikiLeaks." (Publisher description)
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"This introductory essay sets the stage for this special issue, which explores how online media has changed the Arabian Gulf region's politics, economies, and social norms. It provides an overview of the most important themes, arguments, and findings tackled in the four essays in this issue, as well
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as the intersections, overlaps, and divergences emerging from, and between, them. In doing so, it explains how the similarities and differences, as well as the most significant underlying themes, emerging from these four essays further our understanding of the online public sphere in the Gulf region as a space for contestation, creativity, and change. This introductory essay identifies three important, and overlapping, themes found in this special issue: techno-euphoria, cyberwars, and the public sphere. It concludes by proposing possible next steps and future research on the important, yet understudied, links between the online public sphere and the sociopolitical environment of the Gulf." (Abstract)
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"Die vorliegende Studie untersucht, wie etablierte Medienunternehmen und journalistische Neugründungen in Deutschland nutzerseitige Zahlungsbereitschaft für digitaljournalistische Inhalte besser identifizieren, fördern und abschöpfen können. Auf Grundlage einer für die deutsche Online-Bevölke
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rung repräsentativen Befragung mit rund 6.000 Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmern und acht vertiefenden Gruppendiskussionen gelangt die Studie zu folgenden Kernergebnissen: 1. Nutzerinnen und Nutzer zahlen am liebsten für „harten“ Journalismus [...] 2. Nutzerinnen und Nutzer wünschen sich Orientierungshilfe im Inhalte-Dschungel [...] 3. Digitaler Journalismus wird (immer noch) häufig als „Katze im Sack“ wahrgenommen [...] 4. Digitaler Journalismus ist Nutzerinnen und Nutzern zu teuer [...] 5. Nutzerinnen und Nutzer sollten in der Lage sein, vertrauenswürdigen und demokratisch wertvollen Journalismus erkennen zu können." (Executive Summary: Kernergebnisse)
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"This report focuses on how digital-born news media navigate audience engagement in the context of both rapid developments in a digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment and significant political pressure, including the ‘weaponisation’ of social media to target and harass indepen
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dent news organisations and individual journalists, along with their audiences. It is based on analysis of data from Participatory Action Research, including fieldwork and interviews at three news organisations in the process of actively redefining audience engagement. They are Rappler (the Philippines), Daily Maverick (South Africa), and The Quint (India) – all commercial news organisations of the Global South, whose public interest journalism has been recognised with top international industry awards. We show how these outlets, two of which – Rappler and The Quint – relied heavily on social media for distribution and audience engagement at the outset, are now faced with the risks accompanying open and social journalism at-scale, including the ‘weaponisation’ of online communities by political actors, and the frequently changing priorities of the platforms. We find that, in response to political attacks, and the risks associated with various forms of what we’re calling platform capture’, these news organisations are evolving, and are increasingly focused on forging deeper, narrower, and stronger relationships with audiences, emphasising physical encounters, investment in niche audiences over empty reach, and moving communities to action." (Publisher description)
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"This report examines how digital-born news media in the Global South have developed innovative reporting and storytelling practices in response to growing disinformation problems. Based on field observation and interviews at Rappler in the Philippines, Daily Maverick in South Africa, and The Quint
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in India, we show that all three organisations combine a clear sense of mission and a commitment to core journalistic values with an active effort to find new ways of identifying and countering disinformation, based on a combination of investigative journalism fact-checking, data and social network analysis, and sometimes strategic collaboration with both audiences and platform companies. In the process, each of these organisations are developing new capacities and skills, sharing them across the newsroom, differentiating themselves from their competitors, and potentially increasing their long-term sustainability, in ways we believe other news media worldwide could learn from. All three case organisations we examine here are digital-born, mobile-first (or in the process of becoming so), and at least in part enabled by social media in terms of audience development and reach. While smaller than their most important legacy media competitors, all have built significant online audiences across their websites and social media channels. They represent a strategic sample of leading digital-born commercial news media operating with limited resources in challenging media, political, and press freedom environments in the Global South." (Publisher description)
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"La publicación se divide en dos grandes bloques. Por un lado, se han reunido un total de 28 ensayos elaborados por periodistas, docentes e investigadores de diferentes medios y universidades de Iberoamérica. Cada uno de ellos reflexiona sobre dos conceptos: tecnología y comunicación. Y cada uno
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de ellos lo hace con total libertad y desde perspectivas y enfoques tan diferentes como complementarios. La variedad de perfiles, por un lado, y la riqueza de “miradas”, por otro, han permitido confeccionar un rico caleidoscopio que invita a pensar y a repensar el encuentro –para muchos–, la colisión –para algunos– y el desencuentro –para otros– de la tecnología en el escenario comunicativo. Por otro lado, en una segunda parte, la obra presenta un total de 60 herramientas clasificadas en cinco grandes apartados: Buscar, Analizar, Escribir, Visualizar y, finalmente, Colaborar y organizar. Este trabajo es el resultado de una minuciosa búsqueda y un detallado análisis a cargo de un grupo de estudiantes –de diferentes procedencias y perfiles– que durante meses han escudriñado la Red en busca de los recursos, las plataformas y los instrumentos que podrían integrar un hipótetico (y siempre inacabado) directorio para comunicadores digitales." (Presentación, página 3)
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"Queremos entender la comunicación y el acceso a la información como medios para la conquista de otros derechos. Hay innumerables rutas que podríamos tomar para llegar a este destino; la elegida acá es la que entiende la comunicación como un ecosistema complejo que debe estar imbricado en la co
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ncepción, ejecución y retroalimentación de las políticas públicas. Piense en una política pública cualquiera. En una democracia, ¿cuál es el momento T0 de esta política pública? La respuesta es el proceso electoral. Es allí donde la sociedad decide cuáles propuestas quiere ver implementadas y cuáles no. ¿Hay comunicación en esta etapa? ¿Y el momento T1? Una vez electos, los tomadores de decisiones deben empezar el proceso de planificación de las políticas que van a implementar. De nuevo, ¿está presente la comunicación aquí? Y continuemos… T2: aprobación legislativa. T3: implementación/ejecución. T4: monitoreo y evaluación. T5: retroalimentación y reinicio del ciclo electoral. En cada una de las etapas del diseño e implementación de una política pública cualquiera, hay palabras clave presentes: información, participación, diálogo, empoderamiento, mitigación de riesgos, corrección de rumbos, rendición de cuentas… En todos estos quehaceres hay robustos aspectos comunicativos y de acceso a la información. A estas alturas, usted, lector juicioso, se estará preguntando: ¿por qué todo este esfuerzo para subrayar lo obvio? Y es aquí donde reside el segundo pilar de esta caja de herramientas y estrategias: aunque parezca evidente, la comunicación, comprendida en su complejidad, diversidad y amplitud, debe estar incorporada en la ruta integral de las políticas públicas; cambiar este escenario es central para la eficiencia misma de las políticas que buscamos implementar." (Introducción, página 8-9)
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"For media organisations and broadcasters, blogs and other forms of online speech are fast becoming the most important forms of communication with audiences. To maintain the quality and consistency of your brand, any staff member who communicates officially on behalf of your organisation in any soci
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al media forum or platform or posts on any of your pages, should be sure to comply with the following: Be respectful of the audience. If you would not put it on air or have it printed on the front page, then do not post it online; employees who post content on behalf of their organisation or as part of their jobs must always identify themselves; anyone posting on an organisation’s social media sites or any other official social media pages must uphold the values and mission of the organisation and should coordinate with their manager; do not pick arguments online and do be the first to correct your own mistakes, and don’t alter previous posts without indicating or evidencing that you have done so; always add value. Provide information that is worthwhile. Your brand is an important asset. Whatever you publish will affect your brand; one needs to be ethical and responsible in social media interactions. (Reflect what the company you work for expects of you.); market your brand: Post about the organisation or relevant content, news and programs; engage the audience and their responses professionally, avoid emotional attachment at all times; trust is built on credibility. Verify anything you post for accuracy; always seek guidance on legal related matters." (Best practices, page 4)
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"Das Buch gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über die Arbeit des Fernsehjournalisten. Die Grundlagen in den verschiedenen Bereichen werden vermittelt. »Fernsehjournalismus« beginnt mit dem filmischen Erzählen und einer passenden Dramaturgie. Als Rohstoffe und Werkzeuge hat der Fernsehjournalist d
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as bewegte Bild, den Ton und seinen Text zur Verfügung. Sie greifen ineinander, ergänzen sich – ohne sich gegenseitig zu dominieren. Diese Balance verlangt Fingerspitzengefühl, das in diesem Buch vermittelt wird. Angefangen bei der Idee über die Recherche, die Drehplanung, die Dreharbeiten bis zur Montage am Schnittplatz und der Tonmischung – das Buch erläutert den gesamten gestalterischen Prozess der Filmproduktion im TV. Dabei geht es auch um einen wichtigen Punkt: rechtliche Fragen. Die gewinnen zunehmend an Bedeutung. Der Fernsehjournalist wird tagtäglich mit ihnen konfrontiert." (Einleitung, Seite 9)
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"Die Vernetzung unseres Alltags schreitet immer schneller voran: Ist das Smartphone für viele zum unverzichtbaren Begleiter geworden, geht der Trend längst zum "Internet der Dinge", das etwa mittels Sprachassistenten den Menschen nicht nur unterstützt, sondern mitsamt seiner Umgebung unablässig
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vermisst und berechnet. Die Ursprünge einer solch hoch technisierten Gesellschaft reichen weit zurück, wie dieser Band anhand von 30 Objekten der Vernetzung veranschaulicht. Exemplarisch zeigen so unterschiedliche "Netz-Dinge" wie das Telegrafenkabel, die Chiffriermaschine Enigma oder die Datenbrille, wie Phänomene der Beschleunigung, Berechenbarkeit und Allgegenwärtigkeit im Laufe der Technikgeschichte immer wirkmächtiger wurden. Gleichzeitig rückt die Beziehung von Mensch und Technik, und damit die gesellschaftliche und politische Ebene, in den Mittelpunkt: So wirft eine smarte Toilette die Frage nach allumfassender Kontrolle ebenso auf, wie etwa Bloggerhandtasche und Büchsenantenne von der Selbstermächtigung des Einzelnen und neuen Beteiligungsmöglichkeiten angesichts technischen Fortschritts zeugen. Die gezeigten Objekte stammen aus der Ausstellung "Das Netz. Menschen, Kable, Datenströme" des Deutschen Technikmuseums in Berlin." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"The Social Media Journalist Handbook teaches readers how to be a real-world social media journalist, tracing the evolution of the field to its current-day practice. This book establishes social media journalism as the latest and one of the most effective ways to practice journalism in the 21st cent
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ury. It features insights from top recruiters, editors, and senior producers working in the field, as well exercises that aid readers in developing the practical skills necessary to work successfully with social media. Readers will come away from the book with the knowledge to build strong social media strategies across different budgets, employing evergreen principles that work for different, ever-changing platforms. They'll learn how to reach and engage with the maximum number of people, as well as find sources, raise one's profile, conduct research, and produce stories." (Publisher description)
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"Esta obra colectiva de 25 capítulos cuenta con la visión de más de 60 expertos de la comunicación digital de cinco países y está avalada por grupos de investigación de universidades de primer nivel, así como de resultados de proyectos de investigación europeos e iberoamericanos. Asistimos
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a un replanteamiento de las bases del periodismo, de la gestión y transmisión de la información, de los formatos y géneros con los cuales se puede contar, incluso de cómo se hacen las noticias o de quiénes las cuentan; a la vez de explorar los fenómenos más actuales de la comunicación como la posverdad, las fake news, el storytelling, los influencers, la gamificación, el machine-learning y el big data, entre otros." (Cubierta del libro)
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"Journalist fellow Michael Leitner takes a deep dive into media organisations who already use data to efficiently acquire, engage and furthermore keep subscribers. Do we need automated paywalls, and what data do we need to use to keep readers interested? Key Insights: Dynamic paywalls are no silver
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bullet solution; If you want to keep your subscribers, watch their behaviour; Predicting churn is easy, preventing it is hard; Privacy regulation adds a big question mark; New players focus on acquisition, first movers bet on retention; Don’t try to hit everything with the machine-learning hammer; Know who, what, and why you’re tracking; The newsroom needs to understand your goals and metrics; Create flexible structures, so everybody can participate; Content is still king over software and tech strategy." (Publisher description)
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"El libro recopila los reportajes de la serie “Innovadores en el Periodismo Latinoamericano”, publicada en el blog del Centro Knight entre los meses de diciembre de 2017 y abril de 2018. Además, ofrece consejos prácticos sobre innovación periodística digital sobre distintos temas." (Página
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"This book was presented in April 2018 at the 11th Iberian American Colloquium on Digital Journalism, organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin. The book compiles reports from the series “Innovators in Latin American Journalism,” published
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on the Knight Center’s blog from December 2017 to April 2018. Additionally, it offers practical advice from Latin American journalists on themes including crowdfunding, design thinking, revenue and transnational collaboration." (Title page)
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"Este livro é fruto da pesquisa de doutorado defendida sob o título “Um novo ecossistema midiático: A história do jornalismo digital no Brasil (1995 a 2017)”. Nela, Rovai chamou de Ultimate Fighting Journalism um estilo de combate informativo na rede que nasce fruto de décadas de silenciame
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nto das diversas vozes que não compactuam com as elites conservadoras e com o neoliberalismo dominante dos canais de comunicação de massas. Indo em direção contrária aos que clamam pela construção de uma perspectiva centrista e neopositivista, Rovai buscou demonstrar que o combate informativo é fundamental para a democracia. Aqui encontramos a história de 22 anos do jornalismo digital no Brasil. Aqui encontramos uma nova perspectiva teórica para compreender a comunicação em rede e os fenômenos da blogosfera e do midialivrismo. Aqui encontramos importantes revelações, tais como: o site No. pertencia ao banqueiro Daniel Dantas; o Estadão poderia ter sido um grande portal ou plataforma digital, mas sucumbiu diante da incompreensão das tendências comunicacionais da família controladora da empresa; os embates entre os setores da Abril foram decisivas para o fracasso de vários projetos de internet que a editora organizou, entre tantos outros bastidores." (Prefácio, página 10)
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